diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/newt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/newt/default.nix
index f5f72c006c73..8a4b793cad79 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/newt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/newt/default.nix
@@ -14,16 +14,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ slang popt ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lncurses";
+
   crossAttrs = {
     makeFlags = "CROSS_COMPILE=${stdenv.cross.config}-";
   };
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://fedorahosted.org/newt/;
     description = "Library for color text mode, widget based user interfaces";
 
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl2;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.viric ];
+    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.viric ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/slang/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/slang/default.nix
index 8aeb19ac2e35..e83718673aae 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/slang/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/slang/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0aqd2cjabj6nhd4r3dc4vhqif2bf3dmqnrn2gj0xm4gqyfd177jy";
   };
 
+  outputs = [ "dev" "out" "doc" ];
+
   # Fix some wrong hardcoded paths
   preConfigure = ''
     sed -i -e "s|/usr/lib/terminfo|${ncurses.out}/lib/terminfo|" configure
@@ -15,13 +17,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i -e "s|-ltermcap|-lncurses|" ./configure
   '';
   configureFlags = "--with-png=${libpng} --with-z=${zlib} --with-pcre=${pcre} --with-readline=${readline}";
-  buildInputs = [ncurses pcre libpng zlib readline];
+  buildInputs = [ pcre libpng zlib readline ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ncurses ];
 
-  meta = {
+  postInstall = ''
+    find "$out"/lib/ -name '*.so' -exec chmod +x "{}" \;
+    sed '/^Libs:/s/$/ -lncurses/' -i "$dev"/lib/pkgconfig/slang.pc
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A multi-platform programmer's library designed to allow a developer to create robust software";
     homepage = http://www.jedsoft.org/slang/;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ fuuzetsu ];
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.fuuzetsu ];
   };
 }